Greg Bryers - The Man with the Magic Hands

Greetings from Südtirol and Brixen... today begins Haka in the midst of these beautiful hills...

I have been asked some questions. Here is the first one:

“How can we restore and maintain a sense of self-worth, dignity, and a feeling of belonging in life, and a sense of our right to be exactly who we are?”

Well, for me you must first choose it and then demand it of yourself to claim it…. Just talking about it makes it only a wish. You actually have to create boundaries and not allow people to cross them…not even your-self. Its not easy… I know but if you want to actually be the person you know you want to be then you must claim it. Part of the rebellious teenager is this …trying to dislodge the identity we are told we are so that we can become the person we choose

An important part in the process is letting go any significance you have placed around what others say or think of you. Why? Whenever you make someone significant and more important than you, you begin to make you less than. As this happens you begin to shape your future depending on their approval and not on your real desires. Most people have a list of people who are important to them but sadly, they forget to put themselves even on the list.

To choose to be exactly who you wish/desire to be, one must not only be on the list, but one must be at the top of this list…ALWAYS!!!

This is not just thought for day one onwards. It is a demand made every day for the rest of your life. You have to choose every day, consciously! Until it becomes the strongest subconscious action in your life. Just like you did when you decided you wanted to walk like your parents. You got up, took a step. Maybe you fell and cried in frustration. Maybe you reached out to papa or mama to help you and support you… but eventually you were able to walk independently of help.

This is why I invite you to join these chat groups from classes. Why I ask, beg, wish that people would actually share their highs and their lows. We never know who else is struggling with the same feelings or fears. We may never know who we help, but we know we are not alone on this journey or adventure.

I´m deeply grateful for the friends who post in these groups, regardless of the judgements some may have. Why? Because there are days when I struggle to keep wanting to help others… and then the universe sends me messages via people in these chats and I am able to smile again and choose to keep moving forward.

To summarise, we are not an Island! We are part of the whole. To keep the feeling of belonging spend more time with people who include you and who think and feel like you do. If you want to know what you will be like in 10 years time, …look at the people you spend the most time with? Do they actually match what you choose to be? As you choose for you, they will change. Some will shift with you, others will just move away and make room for new friends….

"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today I received this beautiful feedback from a participant in one of my Alchemy Classes. ❤️
I would like to share it with you:
“Greg, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for introducing us to Haka. 🥰
For me, it wasn’t simply about learning movements and words. It was incredibly powerful. I never expected Haka to touch me so deeply, shake something awake inside me, and at the same time fill me with so much energy.
In just a few minutes, I experienced so much: tears, realizations, deep emotions, and such a powerful inner experience. Last year, I was probably still a little inhibited during Haka, but this year it opened up for me in a completely new and much deeper way. 🤩
What touched me most was doing Haka in gratitude for our ancestors and our family. In that moment, I felt such deep love and tenderness. I realized something about my parents that I had never been able to see before: the true love between them.
My father passed away 20 years ago, and yet in that moment I could feel how deep the connection between my parents truly was. ❤️
From this feeling of gratitude, something very special was born. I wanted to express this love — the love, care, tenderness, trust, and sincerity that I had felt during Haka.
So, for the first time in my life, I painted a picture.
With oil paints.
For 8 hours straight.
And whenever frustration or doubt came up, I remembered that feeling I had experienced during Haka — and I kept going. 😍
These lions were the result, and for me, this painting is a true masterpiece because there is so much love in it. My mother cried when she saw it. And for three days, I could hardly take my eyes off it because I was so happy that I had managed to put all those feelings into the painting.
Greg, thank you for being here. ❤️❤️❤️

If life was a house... There are the four walls that support our roof... Spiritual beliefs, physical being, psychological state, and emotional wellbeing.
The roof is our point of view and how we walk through this experience.

For me... When we walk this life's path we are told we have to be balanced, and so many people ask "what does this mean?"

I like to use the example of the tightrope walker... They have this long pole... It doesn't stay still... It is constantly being adjust to meet the influences around the person's walk. There is constant flux and movement....Nothing is fixed or rigid.

Houses in New Zealand traditionally are built with timber and the pole/post sub-floor holds the house up. This allows the rigid house to sway during earthquakes - I have even felt this during severe storms...

Sometimes.. Our fixed points of veiw, our rigid beliefs, our deeper paralysing fear stop us from creating a new balance and our world tumbles around us..

What if we started choosing from asking.. "What is required here?" or (this question always gets me grumpy haha)... "Who am I being right now?"

If this creates a curiosity with you.. I invite to join with us in an up-coming class...

An English comedian called Jimmy Carr was asked what he thought was the meaning of life...
He replied... "Enjoying the passage of Time!"
To me this means being present in the here and now. I observe so many people that live in a future that may not happen. They are hoping for an inheritance, of a windfall of money.
Others are still living stuck in the memories of the past (which makes it impossible to create a different future).
"What if life is about realising it's not the big things, but about the little moments that feel like magic.
Those simple moments that made you smile.
The genuine experiences that fill your heart with joy.
The conversations that helped you believe in kindness and compassion..."
The" how to create this" (from my personal point of view) comes through choice...
If you could choose (and create) a different way of being in your life... Would you?
I feel privileged to meet so many people who have understood this and are now creating beyond what they believed was possible, and are discovering greater possibilities.
It´s not a single choice!
It´s making this choice every day.
It´s rising every time we fall.
Its saying to myself… “Today! I choose again!!
It´s waking with a sense of gratitude for simply waking up. Gratitude that I can enjoy a warm shower, a hot coffee, and so many other small things we have been taught to take for granted…. If this is something you would like to explore more of then find my invitation below...

What is the thought that appears when you are still and in silence?
Is it a judgement of you, or is a kind thought about you?

For me, I love silence and stillness. I get to really see where my mind is still creating blocks. I have had many teachers who tell me to focus on the things I want to change. I found this only increased what I didn't like about me. it was like when I was learning to ride my bicycle... If i focused on an obstacle I hit it. If I looked at where I needed to go... well I'm sure you see my point 😂

So, what if we focused more on what we desire to be. Not from need, or lack, but from a desire to simply be that!

And then, as we walk through our day we live as though we have become it. Each night (as we go to sleep) create a list of all the things we accomplished and all the things we are grateful for. Each morning as we wake, simply be grateful for our rest, for the warm bed we slept in, and the simple fact that we woke up - I have had a few friends in my past who forgot to wake up the morning.

Let your body feel the gratitude and it will change how you are and how you view life!